labor leader
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈleɪbər ˈliːdər/
- US
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líder sindical
- The labor leader organized a rally to demand fair treatment for all employees.
- leftist labor leader
- labor leader and union
- political and labor leader
Examples
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During the conference, various labor leaders discussed strategies to enhance workers' rights.
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Many labor leaders are advocating for better wages and working conditions.
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Labor leaders called for a general strike... tomorrow.
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Randolph was the most important black labor leader in America and a major force in the civil rights movement.
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The seriousness of this threat was well understood by labor leaders.
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As the relationship between the trade unions and the government continued to deteriorate, many labor leaders entered politics full time.
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I'm sure we're all aware that my client, Mr. Rojeck, is one of the most respected labor leaders in America today.
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By then, labor leaders were eagerly predicting that "the female working class" was about to strike as well.
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Faced with an inhospitable political environment, labor leaders decided reluctantly to throw their support behind the Social Democratic Party.
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Liam Cunningham gives the series' best performance, by far, as the labor leader Big Jim Larkin.
Blog text (20)
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who belongs to a group of workers that talks with employers
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5.0
A worker elected to represent colleagues in talks with managers about work rights
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5.8
A worker chosen by other workers to speak for them to management
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4.7
A person who plans and speaks for workers who stop work for better pay or conditions
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3.7
A person elected by workers to speak for them in talks with managers
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4.8
A person who helps workers join a union and work together for better pay
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3.8
A person who helps workers get better pay and safer jobs
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who leads or organizes workers' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'labor' (workers) with 'leader' (person who leads), following a common noun+noun compounding pattern in English. This compositional structure is cross-linguistically common and would be easily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The noun labor leader comes from the literal idea of a leader for the people who labor, meaning 'work'. In the past these leaders often organized strikes and talked with employers to get better pay and safer jobs, so today labor leader means someone who organizes and speaks for workers.